Coming to you live this week from Chaing Mai in Thailand (birdsong, roosters, planes and all!) with my biweekly check-in about my journey to thriving in this strange globetrotting digital nomad lifestyle. Giving a few updates on our travels and something that I'm pondering after having travelled to over 5+ countries in the last few weeks.
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So with all the magical, sunshine sides of full-time travel... comes the dark side of being a full-time traveller.
In this episode, I chat with Sabina Trojanova (creator of Girl vs. Globe) and take a deep dive into shining light on the ‘dark side’ of travel (don't worry, we are also going to chat about how to navigate these potential pitfalls of life on the road!):
Running an online business and travelling full-time
How travel impacts developing meaningful relationships and tips for cultivating relationships on the road
and so much more!
Sabina Trojanova is a writer, presenter and content creator behind Girl vs Globe, an online travel community of 400k+ followers. She is also the author of #wanderlust (HarperCollins), featuring her original photography from nearly sixty countries. Her work has been featured by The Telegraph, The Independent and various other publications. Sabina is passionate about using travel to promote tolerance and has collaborated with a number of nonprofits, including two projects with the European Commission. She has visited over fifty countries, lived in five and speaks seven languages.
For more on world travel, food around the world and more, follow her over at @GirlvsGlobe
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Have you ever dreamed of travelling for free? (haven't we all?!)
In this episode, I sit down with Jori and Austin from Nomads and Pawpads - the world travelling pet sitters on a mission to travel (for free) to as many countries as they can using house sitting. In this episode, Jori and Austin answer the top housesitting questions and give some great housesitting tips, including:
- What is housesitting and pet sitting? (what is housesitter.com and the other websites for petsitting)
- How to get started house sitting
- Pros and cons of pet and house sitting
- How to spot a great pet/house sit
- How to build credibility as a housesitter to land better gigs!
- and so much more to use housesitting to travel!
For more tips and tricks on travel pet and house sitting, follow their journey at @nomadsandpawpads
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What do you do when you reach your dream or outgrow an old way of living/travelling? While I ordinarily chat with travellers, nomads and global citizens about their journey to how they are thriving in this lifestyle, in this MRT (my road to..) segment, I share my personal (and messy) journey as it evolves. In each episode, I share what I have learned and put into practice in my own life around travel and pursuing a life of freedom. In this week's episode, I chat about:
- How I'm shifting into a new season of travel (and where I'm going next!)
- What I'm looking to manifest in this new season
- The importance of an intentional practice to cultivate a free life
- Re-centring on my purpose and my 'why' - a few key question's I've been asking myself from an incredible article by Mark Manson about finding your purpose
Other resources:
The dark side of the digital nomad by Mark Manson
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Ever wondered what it would be like to travel the world in a single-engine plane?
Well, in today's episode, I sit down with Sam Porter – a 22-year-old private pilot from Vancouver, Canada, who has spent the last 8 months doing exactly that. Her family (@fly5inthesky) has set a massive goal of flying around the world in their single-engine GA8 AirVan, travelling to over 50 countries in 14 months.
In this episode, we dive into:
A day in the life of travelling in a single-engine plane
How to pack for a worldwide expedition (with only 9kg per person!)
Sam shares some of her best and worst experiences from travelling to over 20 countries so far
How to navigate medical emergencies as a full-time traveller ...and much more!
It is said that “less people have flown around the world in a single-engine plane than have summited mount Everest”, and it's hard to say if there even has been a family that has done it all together, completely VFR and with no autopilot.
Be sure to follow along the journey over at @fly5inthesky and you can connect with sam @samanthaporter
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You are not a before and after story - you are ever-changing and evolving. While I ordinarily chat with travelers, nomads and global citizens about their journey to how they are thriving in this lifestyle, in this MRT (my road to..) segment, I share my personal (and messy) journey as it evolves. Each episode I share what I have learned and put into practice in my own life around travel and pursuing a life of freedom. In this week's episode, I chat about:
- being on the edge of travel burnout
- navigating travel anxiety
- the power of slowing down
- the importance of integrating travel experiences
Have you ever wanted to travel/do van life etc, but felt there were a few too many obstacles to getting started? Well, Kirk Williams (@impact.overland) should have had every reason not to after becoming quadriplegic after a mountain bike accident. In this episode, Kirk shares how over the past ten years, he has found his way back to van life and how his perspective has changed, sharing all about:
- his story of embracing adaptive vanlife
- discussing how our biggest obstacle is our mindset
- and more!
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Welcome back to another episode of MY ROAD to thriving - where I share the insights, tips, tricks and hacks that I learn along the way as I pursue a life of travel and freedom. In this instalment of MY ROAD to thriving, I discuss:
- travel anticipation vs expectation
- Allan de Button's book 'The Art of Travel' (and what it has taught me)
- sharing my experience of visiting a childhood bucket list destination
- travel realities (what to do when they don't meet our expectations)
- and experimenting with viewing travel as an art form
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In this episode, I sit down with Lars Born to talk about all things pursuing passions and alternative work. Lars is a traveller and creator who is passionate about pursuing life on his own terms. After a short stint of trying corporate life, he decided to go all in with pursuing passion his passion for life, travel and content creation. Forgoing a ‘real’ job, he flew to asia and then returned to the UK to travel and live in his van, all while experimenting with re-selling, content creation, odd jobs and his most recent experiment with Only Fans. In this episode, we take a deep dive into the stigma of not getting a ‘real’ job, the true cost of pursuing your passions and of course, diving into his most recent experiment with creating on Only Fans and the metaphor for letting go of stigma to pursue our passions and joy, regardless of what people may think of us.
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What do the 4-hour-work-week and AI have in common? Well, both have completely shifted my perspective on the traditional narrative around the 40-hour work week. In my last solo last episode, I touched on working from the road, but lately, there have been some shifts around what it looks like to work on the road. So I thought I would do a full episode on working on the road. Chatting about how I have started using AI, how I'm considering getting an assistant (as a low-income earner), my priorities for working on the road and more.
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Whether you're new to van life looking for a bit of insight or a long-term traveller looking for a few laughs, this episode is a little game of true or false when it comes to Vanlife with Em from @emsvanlife. Do you need to be a minimalist? Do you have to eat 2-minute noodles? Do you have to be an influencer? Pooping in the woods and more.
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I’m back with another instalment of the MY ROAD SERIES, where I bring you along for the ride on my journey to mastering the art of long-term travel and pursuing a free life without borders.
This episode I talk about:
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Internalized capitalism is a real thing, and learning, or rather, unlearning, those beliefs that unless we are productive, we aren’t worthy - is a huge part of why many choose to pursue a more nomadic or global lifestyle. In this episode I sit down with Carolyn Martin from @galaxy.tripping to chat all about her experience with taking the leap into travelling full time in her Toyota galaxy.
We talk about redefining the age-old question of ‘what do you do’ to be more than your job, and the identity crisis that came along with it. Whether your travelling full time trying to unlearn these systems for yourself, or working along the way and trying to cultivate a more healthy relationship with your work identity, this episode is for you!
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Have you ever struggled with your health on the road? Mental or physical. Or know someone who has?
In this episode I am chatting with Indie from @onthefreeside, all about her journey with navigating a chronic condition while travelling full time. This episode is about the power of lifestyle, reducing stress and living a life on your terms.
Indie is a wandering soul who started travelling in high school by taking herself to Africa. Her travels took her all the way to Australia, where she began really struggling with her health. After many doctor appointments and advocating for herself, she was diagnosed with endometriosis. But she didn’t let that stop her. Instead, she learnt how to navigate surgeries, medications and appointments, all while living her best life in a van travelling around Europe - and now building a tiny home in the Swedish woods.
Whether you are navigating health or mental health on the road or know someone who is - this is the episode for you!
PS. this episode was recorded a few months ago. Since then, Indie and Joel have moved into their house in the Swedish woods and are travelling part-time experiencing winter van life in Sweden. For more, follow their adventures over @onthefreeside
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Ever wondered what it would look like to live a free life? Well that is my question of the hour as I come to you real and raw from a gravel parking lot, sharing about where I have been, and what i've been up to, as well as give a little sneak peek into a new series i've been cooking up. PS. If you have loved this episode, I would be so grateful if you could leave us a review - let us know what you thought (and don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to get notified of future episodes + show your support). Intro music: Acoustic Folk Instrumental by Hyde
Have you ever wondered what you will do when you stop travelling? Some will say never. But what about if, like the last few years, you weren’t able to? or you needed to take a break? How do you transition out of full-time travel?
Summer Ginther travelled in her RV with her husband and two pets for the last 3 years. During that time she worked as an English teacher, yoga teacher and content creator. Recently, she bought an A-frame cabin to renovate and came up against this very question.
In this episode, we talk about the fears of ‘failing van life' as well as the challenges of transitioning out of full-time travel. Summer shares her story as well as some sage advice for those moments when you need a break from the road - whether that is for a day, a month or longer.
Hope you enjoy it!
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